Dictionary entry details
• TAKE DOWN (verb)
Meaning:
Move something or somebody to a lower position
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
bring down; let down; lower; take down; get down
Context example:
take down the vase from the shelf
Hypernyms (to "take down" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Cause:
come down; descend; fall; go down (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take down"):
reef (lower and bring partially inboard)
depress (lower (prices or markets))
dip (lower briefly)
incline (lower or bend (the head or upper body), as in a nod or bow)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
demean; take down; disgrace; degrade; put down
Context examples:
She tends to put down younger women colleagues / His critics took him down after the lecture
Hypernyms (to "take down" is one way to...):
abase; chagrin; humble; humiliate; mortify (cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take down"):
reduce (lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation)
dehumanise; dehumanize (deprive of human qualities)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Tear down so as to make flat with the ground
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
tear down; raze; rase; pull down; dismantle; level; take down
Context example:
The building was levelled
Hypernyms (to "take down" is one way to...):
destroy; destruct (do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take down"):
bulldoze (flatten with or as if with a bulldozer)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Make a written note of
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
note; take down
Context example:
she noted everything the teacher said that morning
Hypernyms (to "take down" is one way to...):
get down; put down; set down; write down (put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
